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17 May 2012

Establishment of Diocesan Pastoral Council

The Diocesan Pastoral Plan, Bearers of Christ’s Love, called upon us to re-establish the Diocesan Pastoral Council (D9) to act as a significant form of collaborative dialogue and discernment in service of the pastoral needs ...

26 April 2012

Receiving Adults into the Catholic Church

Saturday 9 June, 9:30-2:00pm,

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Hall, Varroville

All of us are involved in initiation, whether it be through offering a welcome cuppa, preparing the liturgy or sharing our faith through ...

26 April 2012

Parish Pastoral Council Regional Gatherings

Wednesday 20 June, 8-9:30pm at St Thomas More Parish Hall, Ruse

Monday 25 June, 7:30-9pm at St. Brigid’s School Hall, Gwynneville

Thursday 28 June, 7:30-9pm at Sacred Heart Church, Warilla.

Given the success of the ...

11 April 2012

Nominations called for Diocesan Pastoral Council

Our Diocesan Pastoral Plan, Bearers of Christ’s Love, calls for the re-establishment of the Diocesan Pastoral Council. The Diocesan Pastoral Council considers the pastoral questions of our day and makes appropriate recommendations to the Bishop. ...

03 April 2012

New Archbishop of Brisbane

The Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett, has warmly welcomed the announcement of the appointment by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI of the Most Reverend Mark Coleridge as Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane.

Archbishop ...

27 March 2012

Opposing the Re-definition of Marriage

Currently there are critical inquiries being conducted by Federal Parliament regarding attempts to redefine marriage. These inquiries are a likely pre-cursor to votes on Bills that will attempt to recognise same-sex unions as marriage. The ...

23 March 2012

Easter Liturgy Times 2012

Holy Week is regarded as the most sacred week in the Church Year. The last three days of the week (Holy Thursday, Good Friday & Holy Saturday) constitute an inner sanctuary known as the ...

07 March 2012

The Journey - a Lenten concert

The Journey:  A Lenten concert that invites you to take a journey of life through a collection of beautiful music performed by:
  • Concettina Gangemi
  • John Charadia
  • Jen Charadia
  • Paul Mason
  • Qestra Mulqueeny
  • Natalia Raspopova
  • ...

03 March 2012

Fr Robert Barron's visit to Australia

Chicago priest Fr Robert Barron, described by Cardinal Francis George as "one of the Church's best messengers" and director of the popular new evangelisation ministry Word on Fire arrives in Australia this weekend for a ...

24 February 2012

New Evangelization Council Head to visit Australia

Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, President of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization , has accepted an invitation from Australia’s Bishops to be the keynote speaker at the PROCLAIM 2012 conference on the new evangelisation.

21 February 2012

Bishop Timothy Costelloe is new Archbishop of Perth

Auxiliary Bishop Timothy Costelloe SDB DD of Melbourne has been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to succeed Archbishop Barry James Hickey as ninth Bishop of Perth and sixth Archbishop of Perth. Archbishop Hickey endorsed the appointment and ...

18 February 2012

Live the Faith, Receive the Grace

I would like you to call to mind for a moment the scene in today’s Gospel [Mark 2:1-12] where four people carrying a paralysed person, creatively and with determination, removed the roof and lowered their friend ...

09 February 2012

World Day of the Sick 2012

MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTIETH WORLD DAY OF THE SICK (11 FEBRUARY 2012)

“Stand up and go; your faith has saved you” (Lk 17:19)

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

31 January 2012

Silence and Word - path of evangelisation

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
As we draw near to World Communications Day 2012, I would like to share with you some reflections concerning an aspect of the human process of communication which, despite its importance, is ...
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